A newspaper report alleging three players had been bribed to fix incidents in last week's fourth test against
“There is a case going on over here with Scotland Yard,” Ijaz told website cricinfo.com.
“This is only an allegation. There is still no charge or proof on that account. So at this stage there will be no action taken.”
The
The ICC's anti-corruption unit has been asked to submit a report on its investigation within the next three days.
ICC president Sharad Pawar told reporters on Monday the issue had been discussed in a teleconference by the head of the council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit Ravi Sawani, Ijaz and his English counterpart Giles Clarke.
“We at the ICC are waiting for definite information from the PCB and our own anti-corruption unit. We hope to get something in the next two to three days' time and that information would lead to appropriate action, if required,” he said.
Pawar has ruled out the possibility of
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ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said anti-corruption officials were assisting
“We will not tolerate corruption in this great game,” Lorgat said in a statement.
On Monday, the police said they had released on bail a 35-year-old man who had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following the report in
According to the report, Mazhar Majeed, an agent who claimed to represent 10
The newspaper report also cast doubt on the second test between Pakistan and Australia in Sydney this year when Australia made a remarkable comeback to win by 36 runs after overcoming a 206-run first-innings deficit.
The scandal has outraged cricket fans in
“These players have let us and the country down. We are already facing so many problems because of the floods and terrorism and they took away our one source of happiness,” one protestor told a television channel. – Reuters
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